--- title: Steve Scalise Shot: Watch Paul Ryan Speak Online description: House Speaker Ryan will make a statement from the White House after House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and others were shot Wednesday canonical: https://time.com/4818115/steve-scalise-shot-donald-trump-watch-online/ author: Jennifer Calfas article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-14T15:29:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T06:54:02.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Live: President Trump Speaks After Congressman Shot in Virginia og:description: House Majority Steve Scalise is in stable condition og:url: https://time.com/4818115/steve-scalise-shot-donald-trump-watch-online/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: President Trump Speaks After Congressman Shot in Virginia twitter:description: House Majority Steve Scalise is in stable condition twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Live: Paul Ryan Speaks After Congressman Shot in Virginia by [Jennifer Calfas](https://time.com/author/jennifer-calfas/) ## Jennifer Calfas Updated: Dec 13, 2023 6:54 AM UTCPublished: Jun 14, 2017 3:29 PM UTC by [Jennifer Calfas](https://time.com/author/jennifer-calfas/) ## Jennifer Calfas Updated: Dec 13, 2023 6:54 AM UTCPublished: Jun 14, 2017 3:29 PM UTC [House Speaker Paul Ryan](http://time.com/4816360/paul-ryan-donald-trump-robert-mueller-investigation/) will speak after a top Republican congressional leader and others [were shot](http://time.com/4817777/alexandria-shooting-steve-scalise/?xid=homepage) in Virginia on Wednesday while practicing for an annual charity baseball game. [House Majority Whip Steve Scalise](http://time.com/4817818/steve-scalise-alexandria-shooting/?xid=homepage) was one of multiple people shot when a gunman fired at Republican members of Congress and their staffers at a baseball field in Alexandria. Five people were taken to the hospital, and Scalise’s office said he was in stable condition and undergoing surgery. Ryan’s statement comes after [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4817758/donald-trump-russia-robert-mueller/) said the suspected shooter, James T. Hodgkinson, has since died. After the shooting, Ryan tweeted his support for those injured by the shooting and those who helped respond. > [](https://twitter.com/SpeakerRyan/status/874979375346851840) Trump said earlier on Twitter that Scalise “was badly injured but will fully recover,” calling him a “true friend and patriot.” In a statement from the White House, Trump said he and Vice President Mike Pence were “deeply saddened by this tragedy.” Ryan is expected to make his statement from the House floor at 12:00 p.m. ET. You can watch it live above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4818115/steve-scalise-shot-donald-trump-watch-online/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4818115/steve-scalise-shot-donald-trump-watch-online/"},"headline":"Watch Live: Paul Ryan Speaks After Congressman Shot in Virginia","datePublished":"2017-06-14T15:29:45.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T06:54:02.000Z","description":"House Majority Steve Scalise is in stable condition","url":"https://time.com/4818115/steve-scalise-shot-donald-trump-watch-online/","keywords":["White House","livestream","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jennifer Calfas","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jennifer-calfas/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4818115/steve-scalise-shot-donald-trump-watch-online/","name":"Watch Live: Paul Ryan Speaks After Congressman Shot in Virginia"}}]}] ```